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BETTER MEN? BETTER THAN WHAT?

October 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The idea of better men is different than Best Man. If you’ve ever been selected as a Best Man, you know what better feels like. Somehow, someone valued your friendship, in spite of how you might value yourself. Can anyone be a better man? Let’s not get carried away.

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HEALTH JOURNEY ON A ROUGH ROAD

May 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A ‘health journey’ is a phrase used by people with lots of doctor appointments. If you’re old enough you either take that rough road yourself, or you show up for others on it. Personally, I’ve never liked the term. I like it even less when it applies to young people coming down with old people […]

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BLOGGER’S ROLE? IT DEPENDS ON . . . ?

March 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The blogger’s role depends on context. And money. If someone offered you $25,000 per post, and they give suggestions? Come on, you’d listen, I’d listen. Who wouldn’t listen? But who would start writing?

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FOR OLDER PEOPLE: WHAT’S IT LIKE?

March 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Who doesn’t like a question directed to ‘older people?’ This was the question from twitter: I wonder what it’s like for the older people now, who were born in the previous millennium. How can people born in 1999 be old? Easy.

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WORTH REMEMBERING? IT STARTS WITH EVERYTHING THEN A LITTLE LESS

March 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

It’s worth remembering the important things in your life. Did I ever know about the lines in a red cup? Will it matter in the future? I like the idea of the lines meaning something, but I just want a full pour of whatever’s supposed to be in there.

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BOOMER DREAM: I WISH I KNEW WHAT I KNOW NOW WHEN I WAS YOUNGER

March 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A boomer dream sung by Rod? Poor old grand-dadI laughed at all his wordsI thought he was a bitter manHe spoke of women’s waysThey’ll trap you, then they use youAnd before you even knowFor love is blind and you’re far too kindDon’t ever let it show I wish that I knew what I know nowWhen […]

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BLOG SURFER? THE TIDE IS HIGH, BRAH

November 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

I imagine the blog surfer who lands on boomerpdx. More than imagine, I get to read about them. At least that’s how I see my personal spam, my surfer spam. For example:

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AUTHORITY FIGURES? KEEP LOOKING

September 27, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Authority figures come in all shapes and sizes. The strangest are those who don’t know their role. Do you know who looks up to you? You should. Who do you look up to?

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CONTENT CREATION QUESTIONS TO ASK

September 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Content creation are not my two favorite words. Content Creator sounds like a title bestowed by the Gods of the Internet. But if your goal is creating content for an online audience, where do you start? Ask a blogger with a track record of post production if you know one. If you don’t know an […]

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KEEP GRINDING, WRITERS

August 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

“Keep grinding’ is the message all writers tell themselves, but not out loud. Instead, what they say is their word count for the day. Maybe it’s a thousand, maybe more. The message they send is keep grinding.

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